1.55 mi
2.49 km
(in Maine)
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U.S. Route 1 By-Pass
| LENGTH | 1.55 mi / 2.49 km |
| SOUTH END | New Hampshire border, Kittery (continues into Portsmouth, NH) |
| NORTH END | US 1, Kittery |
| PLACES | Kittery |
| COUNTIES | York |
| RIVER CROSSINGS | Piscataqua River, Kittery to Portsmouth (Sarah Mildred Long Bridge) |
| NAMES | Fore River Parkway, Commercial Street, Franklin Arterial |
| HIGHEST AADT | 15,480 on bridge |
| LOWEST AADT | 4,490 at US 1 |
History
The Sarah Mildred Long Bridge (formerly the Maine-New Hampshire Bridge until 1987) and approaches opened in 1940. The By-Pass 1 name appeared sometime in the 1950s, and was a temporary routing of I-95 prior to the construction of the Piscataqua River Bridge in 1973.
Guide
US 1 By-Pass is, as the name suggests, a bypass route for US 1 in the Kittery-Portsmouth area. It is mostly access-controlled and crosses a drawbridge from Maine into New Hampshire.
Junction List
| Location | mi | Routes / Destination | Other Notes |
| Kittery | 0.3 | Bridge St. - to Route 103 | interchange |
| Kittery | 1.1 | Gorges Rd. |
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| Kittery | 1.3 |
Route 236 - Dow Hwy., Rogers Rd. - to
I-95 US 1 south - State Rd. |
interchange |
| Kittery | 1.5 | US 1 north - York |
 US
1B merges onto US 1 |
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